Assistant Manager - IT Strategy & Effectiveness

Job description

Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptionalcolleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the workthey do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse businessrequires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is aplace for you here.

The Team

KPMG’s CIO Advisory practice helps clients transform theway that CIOs and their management teams manage and deliver IT services totheir customers. We help our clients to understand and exploit the constantly changing technology ecosystem to deliver value, agility and efficiency. In collaboration with other specialists across KPMG, we support our clients throughdigital transformation and enable them to transform their business through technology-enabled change.

Our CIO Advisory practice is organised into the followingcapability teams:
- Tech Strategy & Effectiveness
- Tech Architecture
- IT Sourcing
- IT Service Management
Within CIO Advisory we deliver collaborative teamengagements, working together across these capabilities to help our clients getthe best from their IT services. We are growing our team to meet an everincreasing demand for our market leading services and are seeking your relevantexpertise and experience to join us.

The Role

- Building and developing positive constructiverelationships inside and outside KPMG
- Assessing problems from multiple angles toensure all relevant issues are considered when making decisions
- Proactively driving forward new and creativeideas which benefit the client
You will work within the Tech Strategy &Effectiveness capability group, with KPMG colleagues and client teams to:

- Bring a technology perspective to a broadrange of client issues, demonstrating how technology can be used to addressproblems and realise opportunities
- Design and deliver IT operating models thatenable clients to get the most from their technology organisation
- Develop digital and technology strategiesalongside client teams
- Provide credible advice to clients on how tooperate IT in the most effective manner
- Collaborate across our other CIO Advisorycapabilities (IT Sourcing, Tech Architecture and Service Management) to improveand transform IT services for our clients
- Work with other teams across KPMG to providesupport to clients as they undergo digital transformation
You will also work with the wider KPMG firm to:

- Identify emerging trends in the market anddevelop products and services that KPMG can leverage within our client base
- Contribute to innovative thought leadershipon technology topics including digital transformation, technology strategy,digital operating models and delivering more effective and efficient technology services
- Support and mentor junior colleagues to helpgrow our Tech Strategy & Effectiveness capability
- You will work as part of an engagement team to deliverhigh quality products and outcomes to our clients and identify furtheropportunities to support them for the wider KPMG firm
The Person

- Takes time to learn about other people andtheir experiences and how to apply this learning
- Shares experiences with others to assistanttheir learning and understanding
- Demonstrates curiosity and open mindedness tonew ideas approaches and perspectives
- Actively engages with others in order toaddress their views/concerns
Essential

- Be passionate and curious about technology
- Strong inter personal skills - able to adjustcommunication styles from C level to junior level
- Work well in an ambiguous environment
- Be self-sufficient and willing to lead fromthe front
Desirable

- Experienced in operating model design
- Experienced in Agile delivery methods
- Familiar with technology trends and ways ofworking (for example DevOps)
- Thrive on learning new and emerging concepts
At KPMG, your long-term future is every bit as important to us as it is to you. That's why our aim is to give you experiences that will stay with you for a lifetime.Whether it's great training and development, mobility opportunities orcorporate responsibility volunteering activities - you'll gain a wealth ofexperiences on which to build a rewarding career. We're a firm that encourages you to be yourself, values your contribution, and inspires you to act as a role model, always focused on doing the right thing for each other, our clients and our communities.

We're at our best when you're at your best; that's why we've created 'Our Deal' and 'TheAcademy'. Our Deal is the way we speak about the colleague experience and the expectations we have of our people. We expect the best from our people and inreturn we provide a stimulating, collaborative environment where each personcan reach their extraordinary potential. Through 'The Academy', you'll have access to communities which will support and develop you so that you build your skills and career. From introducing secondment programmes to preferential banking, and student loan payments to your birthday off, we're making sure that our people have an amazing experience.

While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you toachieve a balanced lifestyle. We offer part time roles with flexible workingarrangements which could include, annualised hours, early or late starts to fitaround other commitments, shorter working days etc. We are happy to discussyour own requirements and our range of flexible working arrangements in moredetail, should that be of interest and, as part of the recruitment process, wecan put you in touch with people who work flexibly.